The Clergy and the Pulpit in Their Relations to the People.
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Study.
Study a Duty. The State of the World calls for Knowledge on the part of the Clergy. Knowledge has always been one of the Glories of Religion. All the eminent Men in the Church were Men of Study. Reasons adduced for not studying, answered: Want of Leisure, Natural Aptitude, The Plea of having already studied sufficiently; That one is fully equal to the Requirements of the People committed to his Charge.
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